📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Urban city and town C1
📅2021 ClassificationUrban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
18082
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 18082 out of 32,844 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
Total residents: 1,920
White Brit.52.0%
Indian17.2%
Other White6.5%
African4.0%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group3.1%
+ 7 other groups · 17.1%
Religion
Total residents: 1,915
Christian41.4%
No religion30.3%
Sikh11.5%
Muslim5.9%
Not answered4.3%
+ 2 other religions · 6.6%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,911
35–4924.5%
50–6420.2%
25–3412.7%
10–158.7%
5–96.7%
+ 5 other age groups · 27.2%
Households
Total households: 674
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children20.3%
Other13.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent8.9%
Lone parent family: With dependent children7.1%
+ 8 other households · 41.0%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:55 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:20 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:55 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:20 PM
⏱️Daylight duration10 hours 28 minutes
🕐Time zoneGMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
📅
June 1998
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~28 years
Active Duration
1998 → Present
June 1998 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 9FB introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 18082
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01034431 and MSOA E02007011 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 9FB is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJune 1998
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~28 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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